Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is “slop.” The word was first used in the 1700s to mean soft mud. It evolved more ...

After a full year of hectic news, trends and non-stop content, Merriam-Webster has summed it all perfectly in one word.

This linguistic shift reflects growing concerns about artificial intelligence’s impact on digital content quality and ...

"Gerrymander," "performative" and "touch grass" were also popular words users of the dictionary looked up in the past year.

Merriam-Webster has revealed “Slop” as its Word of the Year for 2025, highlighting a term that surged in usage online over ...

The word describes the onslaught of "digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of ...

The dictionary publisher's annual pick, based on spikes in search data, reflects the themes and anxieties that shaped 2025.

The word "slop" was first used to refer to soft mud in the 1700s, but has since evolved to mean of little value — especially when referring to online content of low quality that's made with artificial ...